Newspaper: Father says he killed missing son

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Nov 27, 2008 at 8:51 AMNov 27, 2008 at 8:51 AM

MIDDLETON, Mass. (AP) _ A man arrested after his 5-year-old son disappeared during an August visit tells a newspaper he stabbed the boy to death.

In a jailhouse interview Wednesday, Ernesto Gonzalez Jr. told The Boston Globe that after he killed his son, Giovanni, he dismembered the boy in the tub of his Lynn apartment and discarded the body parts.

Gonzalez said he didn't intend to kill his son, it just "happened." He told the Globe he loved his son and is "regretful."

Gonzalez has been held on $500,000 bail since his August arrest on a child endangerment charge.

Essex County officials were skeptical about the confession, saying there's no evidence to corroborate it.

His lawyer criticized the Globe for interviewing his client while the case is pending and said there's no proof Gonzalez harmed his child.

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